Market Operations Coordinator

Who are we?

The future of energy is digitised, decarbonised, and localised. At Smartest Energy, we need revolutionary thinkers to help our customers make the most of this new landscape, thinking differently to find smart solutions to complex problems. Formed in 2020, we’re an agile business driven by entrepreneurial thinking. As a subsidiary of the Marubeni Corporation and SmartestEnergy Limited UK, we also have strong investment and infrastructure behind us. 

We have our corporate office in Sydney CBD and another office in Melbourne. Further expansion is planned for 2024 and beyond which means global career opportunities for you, with plenty of potential to explore new markets.

Flexibility is vital to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many ways, including part-time, remotely or a mix of remote/office. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying. When you join our Team, you will have the opportunity to contribute and make an impact every single day.

This role can be based in our Sydney or Melbourne office with Hybrid working arrangement. 

Role Purpose 

The Market Operations Coordinator role aims to deliver excellent experiences to our retail commercial and industrial customers by effectively managing our Market Operations function.

The role manages SmartestEnergy’s operational functions from customer onboarding, billing, credit & debit management, market interactions, metering services, and market settlements. This role requires interaction with our customers, IT, project teams, multiple market participants and our outsourced billing and back-office business partner.

As a start-up, you will also be involved in establishing the foundation for SmartestEnergy’s retail business in Australia. This will include developing a strategic approach to customer operations, policies, procedures, and processes, helping develop the framework for our new retail systems, continuous improvements and establishing and negotiating agreements with crucial industry parties.

Key Responsibilities –

Our Market Operations functions include the following.

• Retail Customer Onboarding - Successfully manage the smooth onboarding of our customers by effectively managing market interactions, including data accuracy and validation, B2B transfers, metering installations etc.

• Billing - Delivery of timely and accurate invoicing on a monthly with third-party billing and back-office partner and ensuring accounts are managed throughout the month to deliver on agreed KPIs.’

• Market Interactions - Effective management of B2B interactions and Change Requests generated through the market liaising with our third-party billing and back-office support partner to deliver timely responses within regulated timeframes.

• Metering and Network Reconciliations - Management, reconciliation and payment of networking billing to comply with regulated schedules.

• Payment Allocations - Reconcile customer payments and allocations accounts as per customer remittances, including managing over and underpayments etc.;

• Third-party Relationships - Management of multiple third parties involved in effectively delivering Customer and Market Operations, including (but limited to) other energy retailers, regulators, metering providers, energy networks; energy brokers and consultants;

• Query Resolutions - Establish an effective relationship with our outsourced bill and back office partner and work with the team daily to resolve issues and exceptions;

• Regulatory Compliance - Ensure customer operation services are delivered to comply with industry legal and regulatory obligations

• Subject Matter Expertise - Supply additional projects/responsibilities outside the normal work scope when required.

Performance Indicators

• Deliver the Operations Team KPIs that include:

• Completion of Bill Run in a timely and accurate manner

• Employee Satisfaction through employee Net Promoter Score KPIs

• Customer and Broker Satisfaction through NPS KPI

Experience

• Experience in an operations function and team, ideally in the retail energy industry, either in the residential or commercial and industrial markets;

• Experience utilising an invoicing or billing system.

• An understanding of MSATS, CATS and B2B transactions a plus

• Knowledge of Australian energy industry B2B, network and metering markets etc;

• Highly experienced in managing and influencing internal and external stakeholders;

• Experience in successfully dealing with or managing change (preferred);

• Track record in developing and managing solid cross-business relationships (preferred).

Knowledge

• Ideally, have detailed knowledge and understanding of the retail energy residential and commercial and industrial markets;

• Knowledge of Australian energy industry B2B, network and metering markets etc;

• A general understanding of the legal, regulatory and compliance requirements of the retail energy business; and

• An appreciation of a start-up business culture.

What we offer?

• A genuine commitment to smarter working – we recognise your work/life balance matters
• Competitive base salary
• Leave Benefits - Parental, Wellbeing & Birthday leave
• Employee Assistance Program 

Diversity

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to what we do. We value everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality, or ethnicity.

We know that for our business to thrive we need diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills, and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow.